Sat 09.22

Cape Fear Museum

The Learning Center at Cape Fear Museum presents Ocean Adventures, a place to explore ocean science, and learn what a aquanaut is and why an estuary is called the “ocean’s nursery.” ...

Sat 09.22 - Sun 09.23

Cape Fear Museum

The North Carolina Shell Show at Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, NC, features the largest gathering of shell collections in North Carolina including some of the world's most beautiful, unusual and rar...

Sun 09.23

Children's Museum of Wilmington

The Children's Museum in downtown Wilmington, NC, invites the community to its 5th Annual Tiaras & Treasures, a world filled with Pirates & Princesses. Participants are encouraged to arrive dr...

Sun 09.23

50th and 10th Anniversary Celebration

Cameron Art Museum

Cameron Art Museum celebrates 50 years as part of the Wilmington, NC, community and 10 years in its current location. Visitors can enjoy family hands-on art activities, a Vollis Simpson whirligig dedi...

Fri 09.28

4th Friday Gallery Night

Various Venues

Fourth Friday Gallery Nights in downtown Wilmington, NC, are free monthly events where local galleries, studios and art spaces open their doors to the public in an after-hours celebration of art...

Fri 09.28

St. James Community Center

The Artisans of St. James present an evening of art and entertainment at the St. James Community Center in St. James, NC. Nothing Could Be Finer  features music by the Southport Shuffle with spec...

Fri 09.28

Opening Reception for Bright and Beautiful: Paintings by Barbara Bear Jamison and Julia Bates Toone

WHQR Gallery

As part of 4th Friday Gallery Night in downtown Wilmington, NC, the WHQR Gallery presents an Opening Reception for its newest art exhibit, Bright and Beautiful: Paintings by Barbara Bear Jamison and J...

Fri 09.28

Art Reception for Evolution: Art by Steve Bakunas

Checker Cab Productions Gallery

Checker Cab Gallery hosts a reception for Evolution: Art by Steve Bakunas as part of Fourth Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Wilmington NC. Checker Cab's new location features work by nearly 60 local a...

Sat 09.29

Battleship North Carolina

Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington presents Battleship Alive, which allows visitors to watch and interact with World War II living history interpreters as they bring the Ship to life by re-enac...

Sat 09.29

Smithsonian Magazine Free Museum Day

Children's Museum of Wilmington

The Children's Museum of Wilmington, NC, hosts a free day courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine. Print out tickets at the magazine's Museum Day Website. HOURS: 9am to 5pm. ...